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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 26715755, member: 36248&quot;]My latest two.&nbsp;&nbsp; Don&#039;t have these in hand yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Never thought I would own a CAC approved Liberty Cap Half Cent.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Reverse is not much to write home about, but you can clearly see the &quot;1/200&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I really like how the Portrait pops on the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705855[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also just acquired a Coronet Cent, AKA the &quot;Young Head&quot; or Modified Head, depending on who you are asking.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS bizarrely includes the Large Cents dated 1835-1839 within the 1816-1835&nbsp; Cents, and consider it a single Type.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not sure if this is for a historical reasons, but its a drastically modified portrait and so from a Type collector point of view, they should be distinct types.&nbsp; &nbsp; If someone know why certain grading companies and books lump these together, I would love to know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily, companies like CAC consider the 1835-1839 to be a completely different series, referring to the original design as &quot;Matron Cents&quot; and the modified design as &quot;Coronet Cents&quot;, even though people generally refer to the entire span 1816-1839 as either &quot;Matron&quot; or &quot;Coronet&quot; interchangeably in my experience.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Some people also use the term &quot;young head&quot; to distinguish the designs, due to the modified Liberty having a younger appearance than the original design.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705854[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the chocolate brown color.&nbsp;&nbsp; The carbon spotting to the left of Liberty do not bother me too much, but the coin did site on eBay for an extended period, so I&#039;m thinking that kept some people away.</p><p><br /></p><p>I chose this coin because the AU58 grade shows the full design well, while staying affordable.&nbsp; I wanted full details, as I am trying to convince the larger public of just how different the 1816 design is from the 1836 design.&nbsp; Spread the word![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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